Gear List: Overnight Shuttle Trip

We are heading out on a quick 14 mile overnight on the Upper Colorado, and I thought I would make a list of overnight gear that anyone could expand upon. This is our bare bones overnight shuttle gear, mostly comprised of our backpacking gear and a few “luxury items” we usually only get to use truck-camping. Don’t worry if your camping gear is bigger than ours, like I mentioned before, a lot of these items cross over into backpacking gear for us! Shuttle trips are the best time to enjoy all of the camp luxuries! While portaging is easier with a lighter boat, we portaged boats with 5 days of food and water no problem, so don’t stress too much about the weight unless you’re reaching the boat’s limit.

Boat + Water Gear

(top to bottom, left to right)

1. Alpacka Raft Forager

2. Forager Deck

3. Seat

4. Billow Bag

5. Tandem Paddles / Kayak Paddle

6. Alpacka Pack-a-Pump (not shown)

Safety Gear

1. PFD

2. Helmets

3. NRS Rescue Throw Bags

4. Repair Kit

Camp Gear

(top to bottom, left to right)

1. Telescoping Tarp Poles (2)

2. Nemo Tensor Sleeping Pad

3. Western Mountaineering Ultralite Sleeping Bag or Nemo Bag

4. Primus Lite Stove or Whisperlite

5. Sarong

6. Nemo Kunai 2 Person Tent (warm temps: Tarptent Double Rainbow)

7. Inflatable Camp Pillows

8. Steripen

9. Luci Solar Light

10. REI Flexlite Chairs

11. Camp Shade Tarp

12. Boat Prep Tarp/Plastic

13. Hygiene + Electronics Bag

*Shuttle Trip/Luxury Items

Check out my gear page for non-affiliated links to all of these items.